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A Taste for Death (1988)

1988-10-14 · 50m · EN
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Sir Paul Berowne - a prominent Government Minister - turns to his old friend Adam Dalgleish following a series of threatening letters delivered to his London home. The minister's wife is in an adulterous affair with a prominent surgeon and she makes no secret of it. Berowne's only daughter is involved in left-wing politics and rejects her conservative father. Adding to his woes, his own mother favoured her son who was killed in an IRA terrorist ambush over Paul. The informal investigation has barely began when Dalgliesh is faced with a series of bizarre deaths that turn the case into an urgent assignment. —DumbeBlonde

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P. D. JamesWriterJohn DaviesDirectorAlick RoweWriter

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Roy MarsdenRoy MarsdenAdam DalglieshWendy HillerWendy HillerLady Ursula BerowneFiona FullertonFiona FullertonBarbara BerownePenny DowniePenny DownieKate MiskinBosco HoganBosco HoganPaul BerowneAvril ElgarAvril ElgarEmily WhartonOliver Ford DaviesOliver Ford DaviesFather BarnesTat WhalleyTat WhalleyDarren WilkesRebecca SaireRebecca SaireTheresa NolanKate BufferyKate BufferySarah BerowneRob SpendloveRob SpendloveIvor GarrodGabrielle LloydGabrielle LloydEvelyn Matlock

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Genre affinityMystery · Drama · CrimeNarrative complexityMysteryDialogue densityDramaPacingShortDirector preference1012886Actor preference392271 · 229076 · 173278

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What is A Taste for Death about?

Sir Paul Berowne - a prominent Government Minister - turns to his old friend Adam Dalgleish following a series of threatening letters delivered to his London home. The minister's wife is in an adulterous affair with a prominent surgeon and she makes no secret of it. Berowne's only daughter is involved in left-wing politics and rejects her conservative father. Adding to his woes, his own mother favoured her son who was killed in an IRA terrorist ambush over Paul. The informal investigation has barely began when Dalgliesh is faced with a series of bizarre deaths that turn the case into an urgent assignment. —DumbeBlonde

How long is A Taste for Death?

A Taste for Death has a runtime of 50 minutes.